I'd like to second Alex's email. Now that Subversion 1.7 is what MacPorts provides, a Mac Subversion client really must support 1.7.
I still have Versions installed, but haven't used it in a month (since I installed Lion on my machine). Really hoping that this support can arrive soon. Have to tell my colleagues not to buy Versions for now. On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:43:00 AM UTC-5, Alex Seeholzer wrote: > > Thanks for your opinion on this. I believe you when you're saying you're > working your asses off. Still, I want to stress that 1.7 support should be > one of the first things to be released for a product that costs a whooping > 59$. > We had to upgrade to 1.7 here and now Versions is basically useless for > me. And, its not that 1.7 has just come out - its been about 9 months. > > Still hoping for 1.7 support, > Alex > > Am Sonntag, 27. Mai 2012 14:20:01 UTC+2 schrieb dlpasco: >> >> We bought this software to continue updating it and make it even greater >> than it already is. >> >> Unfortunately, disclosing our product roadmap is not an option. Jack is >> in the unenviable position of being the public face for this product - >> please at least divert your frustration to me personally, because he is >> just conveying the message that our team members have all internally agreed >> to stand by: we give a damn what people think, our product group is very >> busy, and we can't talk about when we'll release products or what will be >> in the those releases until they have shipped. >> >> If people are upset about that, it's understandable. All that I can say >> is, we didn't acquire this product to kill it or sit on it. >> >> The gist of this is as follows: >> >> * We can't miss a deadline we don't announce (on at least one product, we >> would have missed our proposed deadline multiple times if we'd kept telling >> people when we planned to ship. Unfortunately, really producing a polished >> product takes a lot of time, and we agreed internally that we'd rather take >> longer to make something better than just push something out the door that >> would make people upset). >> * If we don't announce the features in our next planned release, we can't >> get flamed for postponing support for that feature in the release if it >> looks like it's not ready to make it into the build yet). >> * Our competitors (and there are many out there) - can't jump the gun on >> us if we don't announce an upcoming feature before it goes live. >> >> All three of these factors are important, and the last one may only be >> important to us, but it's a critical one: our product team is young and >> totally buried working on applications - if we lose market share simply >> because we announce something before it's ready, and someone else is >> capable of responding to the announcement before we ship, it's going to >> really hurt our ability to even break even on what we're working on - which >> means that it will become even harder for our team to ship great updates to >> these apps. >> >> My personal focus for almost the last year has been on putting absolutely >> all of my energy into our product team. These apps are large, complex, >> great things, and we're committed to doing great work on everything we >> ship. Since our product team currently consists of about five full time >> developers and four full time designers, and we have taken on five >> different applications. Moving forward with these apps *and* doing a great >> job on them takes time. >> >> Our company is investing heavily in the product group, currently at a net >> loss. Hopefully, at some point in the future we will at least break even on >> our work. At the present, please try to take the following points to heart: >> >> * We are crazily in love with our apps >> * We are working our butts off >> * We have already turned down offers to acquire our company, as well as >> offers to acquire individual products, because we want to see these apps >> *ship* and we want them to be amazing. >> * We are absolutely not sitting on these apps and happily collecting >> revenue from them - we're using the revenue to pay for the work our product >> team is doing and our company is sinking considerably more than those apps >> are making into the product group in order to pay for the other people that >> the direct revenue doesn't cover. >> >> At this point, as I've told Jack (who has expressed support for our >> stance of silence, but also really been uncomfortable with the fact that it >> doesn't leave him in a very good position on the support front), the only >> thing we can do is shut up and ship something great. Which is what we're >> trying to do. >> >> If we lose customers in the interim, those are lumps we will have to >> take. Hopefully as our apps do ship, they will be compelling enough that >> people will be interested in trying them out. >> >> I wish we were big enough that I could just throw 30 people at these >> projects and ship them on an expedited pace. Unfortunately, this is why >> being indie is a double-edged sword: we have complete creative control over >> our apps and can take the time to make them the best they can be, instead >> of being beholden to some investor that wants us to ship a shitty product >> as quickly as possible to meet their bottom line, or outright kill a >> product by selling it to someone that *would* just sit on it to make a >> quick buck. >> >> Really, the only sources of pressure we have to ship something before >> it's ready are our own finance people, who would love to see the revenue >> coming in so they could stop pouring money into the product team and put >> some capital away for our own security, and our existing users, who are >> understandably frustrated and impatient with the realities of how long this >> is taking. >> >> Everyone else in our own group is beating themselves senseless on our >> work and would prefer to keep it unreleased until it is ready. >> >> We've talked about writing a blog post about this, and we probably >> should. I don't know if this will make a bit of difference to anyone >> reading this, but we're working hard, and we truly give a shit about our >> customers and what we're working on. >> >> In any case, as I said, if people are upset about it, feel free to reach >> out to me directly. I'm the CEO and I'm the responsible party for these >> decisions, not Jack. >> >> -Daniel Pasco, CEO >> Black Pixel >> >> On May 27, 2012, at 4:46 AM, Christian Pleul <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> That support really sucks! Why did you guys ever bought this software... >> >> Christian >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 25.05.2012, at 23:26, "Jack (Black Pixel)" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi - sorry for the delay in responding. >> >> Unfortunately, I don't have any information to share regarding 1.7 >> support. >> >> Jack >> >> the Versions team >> versionsapp.com >> @versionsapp >> >> On Friday, May 18, 2012 10:19:24 AM UTC-7, William Chu wrote: >>> >>> When is Subversion 1.7 support coming to Versions? 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